indentured

in·den·ture  (n-dnchr)

n.

1. A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term. Often used in the plural.

2.

a. A document in duplicate having indented edges.

b. A deed or legal contract executed between two or more parties.

c. An official or authenticated inventory, list, or voucher.

3. Indentation.

tr.v. in·den·tured, in·den·tur·ing, in·den·tures

1. To bind into the service of another by indenture.

2. Archaic To form a small depression in (a surface).

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[Middle English endenture, a written agreement, from Anglo-Norman, from endenter, to indent (from the matching notches on multiple copies of the documents); see indent¹.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

indentured - bound by contract apprenticed, articled, bound unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will